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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1965
Page
1
A Jackson Michigan man describes his son James A McDivitt II as anxious to learn space details after Gemini 4 with Edward White completed a ~62 orbit mission. Family members express relief at landing and look forward to reunion, while noting Buck Rogers fame as a sign of confidence in his astronaut son.
A tree growing into a building forces police and public works to act after a sidewalk break and a fallen parking meter. Neighbors fear further damage as authorities evacuate tenants of a four unit apartment building near the bluff above Pacific Coast Highway. No injuries reported as aftershocks of soil slippage prompt standoff with looters and a plan to remove the tree.
Judy Holliday, famed for Born Yesterday, died in New York at age 28 or 29. The stage and screen star rose to fame after replacing Jean Arthur in the Philadelphia opening of Born Yesterday and later won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Holliday, born June 2 1923, was the daughter of Abraham and Helen Tusim.
Report details a bank heist in which four employees were forced to the floor and shot. FBI traced a green 1965 car rented from Salina, tied to Pope across central Kansas. Pope, McPherson College graduate and football co captain, fled with a high powered rifle and pistol. authorities search farms and motels as clues link him to the crime.
Astronauts McDivitt and White landed safely about 390 miles east of Cape Kennedy after a near perfect re entry to earths atmosphere. The Wasp recovered the capsule within miles of the landing site as frogmen prepared to secure the craft with a flotation collar. The astronauts reported everything is okay and the voice was relayed to Mission Control in Houston. The crew described the gravity pulse during re entry and the main parachute deployed on schedule. The Wasp and nearby ships coordinated the pickup while a search aircraft relayed data and the crew requested helicopter pickup.
Plumville hosted a Red Cross Bloodmobile event Friday that collected 41 pints over four hours. The drive raised 30 pints for local use with 27 pints replacements. Indiana Red Cross Chairman George Hood earned a four gallon pin, while three residents reached the one gallon milestone: Mrs Wypons Lydie, Philip Salerno, and Larry Wood.
Houston AP reports Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II head toward splashdown west of Cape Kennedy in the Atlantic. The planned Mercury style landing, aided by a computer system that briefly failed, is set for about 1 pm CST. Officials say landing should be safe, with a descent rate around 15 degrees per second in good conditions.
Flight surgeons reported Donald E Mack and another official in good condition after a four day trip. The pair, recently elected to membership in the Pennsylvania Public Accountants, were described as fit as when they took office.
Ronald Richard Kalafsky of Clune and Dennis Ward Kanouff of Elderton were among Clarion State College graduates in spring commencement. Kalafsky earned a degree as part of 306 students receiving degrees in the ceremony.
U S airstrikes hit Chap Le army barracks complex and Vinh depot nine miles south of border. Eight F105 jets struck radio and communications centers, sinking vessels near Route 1 amid heavy antiaircraft fire. Marines killed 80 Viet Cong and wounded 60 with artillery. eight Marines died in a helicopter collision over the South China Sea.
In Blairsville a humorous golf yarn follows Ace, a steady par golfer, who on a drive sends dust eruptions and a ball twenty feet away while the club vanishes into a tree. Five witnesses watch a teen climber retrieve the elusive club as questions arise about course records for clubs.
Three coeds 21 year old Margaret Wright Carol Richtarsh and Evelyn McDonough will miss graduation at Carnegie Institute of Technology after an auto crash Saturday night. Wright of Bedford daughter of Judge J Colvin Wright suffered facial lacerations a wrist fracture and other injuries.
Flight officials logged a mid mission Oops moment as McDivitt and Scott Carpenter prepared for the steeper re entry. The astronauts, tired but healthy, planned a 58th orbit and a 2 30 p m re entry with Houston guiding the descent. Governors urged graduates to accept the burden and fruits of a decision filled generation.
Obituary notices for Pete Gromley age 69 of Clymer and Harry Stanley of Indiana County plus multiple other local obituaries. Includes birthplaces, family ties, church memberships, and funeral home arrangements with service details and dates. Names: Gromley, Stanley, Heath, King, Budihas, Golden George. locations: Indiana, Clymer, Rochester Mills, Punxsutawney. dates around June 1965.
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